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On Tuesday 15^th of February 2022, Erbil Polytechnic University completed a First-Aid training course which the Health and Safety Department opened for the EPU lecturers and students. In this event, our university Rector, Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani, his Assistants, the University Council Members, and Directors of the EPU Presidency were available.

In the Beginning, our university Rector offered a speech in which he welcomed the attendees and expressed his gratitude towards the Health and Safety Directorate for successfully managing the course.

This course lasted for six days from 07 to 15^th of February 2022. Artistic Director Mr. Mujahid Fatih Mohammed supervised it. The aim behind this training course was to make the EPU staff and Lecturers familiar with first aid by presenting theoretical and practical lessons such as protecting people from death, especially when they are in trouble, fixing the health situation of the wounded person, decreasing pain, and transferring the injured person accurately to the nearest health center.

After fulfilling the course, the EPU Rector and Council Members offered the certificate of participation over the participants.

In collaboration with IOM (International Organization for Migration), Erbil Polytechnic University will open two days workshop for our university students.

The workshop will be held from 22 to 23^rd of February at the EPU Celebration Hall from 10:00 AM-12:00 PM. One hundred and twenty students will participate in this workshop. They will get familiar with the necessity and importance of social peace, taking care of people with special needs, and how to behave with them. After completing the workshop, the students will receive a certificate of participation.

This event is within the activities of our university and non-governmental and international organizations to build relationships between the university and society.

Students can click here to register for the workshop.

On Thursday, 10^th of February 2022, Erbil Polytechnic University and Duhok Polytechnic University (DPU) conducted a meeting at Shaqlawa Technical College. In this meeting, our university Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani and the DPU President Asst. Prof. Dr. Ari Adel Abdulqadir were available.

Several University Council Members and Directors of both universities were present in this session. They discussed many subjects, including more mutual collaboration and understanding. For this reason, they decided to perform a mutual humanitarian and social international conference.

On Thursday, the 8^th of February 2022, within the weekly seminar of the EPU, the Exterior Activities Department arranged a discussion session, “The Influence and Importance of Art for the Kurdistan Culture Protection and Development,” for the Kurdistan great artist Mr. Mazhari Khaliqi. In this event, the Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Dr. Aram Muhammad Qadir, the Kurdistan Parliament President Deputy Dr. Hemn Hawrami, the Higher Education and Scientific Research Minister Deputy Dr. Abdulfatah Abdulrazaq, several EPU Council members, Political Party and Governmental members, Artists, Poets, lecturers, and students were present.

At the beginning of the seminar, the famous great artist Mr. Mazhari Khaliqi talked about his life, how he worked in art and singed. He also spoke about his artistic productions, nearly two hundred recorded products. Then, he mentioned his role in media and his works with Tehran Radio. Later, he talked about establishing the Kurdish Cultural Institute established in 2003 at Sulaymania city.

In another part of his speech, Mr. Mazhari Khaliqi talked about the influence of art, particularly song, upon national identity and familiarity. He said, “When nations are forbidden to use their languages, singing takes place language. Through songs, one can say everything. This is how our rich culture was born that stayed inside Kurdish Soul. They expressed their feelings through literature and melodies that became our identity. All I can talk about is a drop of a sea”.

The discussion gate opened for the attendees to direct their questions and comments responded in detail by Mr. Mazhari Khaliqi.

At the end of the seminar, the university Rector Asst. Prof. Dr. Kawa Abdulkareem Sherwani offered the university placket for Mr. Mazhari Khaliqi and expressed his warm appreciation and gratitude towards holding this seminar.